Final vocab

Abashed

Abashed

(adj., part.) embarrassed, ashamed, or nonplussed

Ant: unembarrased, unashamed

Abut

(v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up. syn: Border on, bolster

adage

a proverb, wise saying. syn: maxim, aphorism

aloof

(adj.) withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice) Syn: distant, cold. Ant: involved, sociable

Ample

(adj.) more than enough, large, spacious. Syn: sufficient, adequate, considerate. Ant: insufficient, inadequate.

Anguish

(n.) great mental suffering, distress, or pain; (v.) to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow. syn: misery, woe, torment. ant: joy, delight,

Appease

(v.) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to

Arrogant

(adj.) haughty, too convinced of one's own importance

articulate

(v.) To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system; (adj.) able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully

attribute

(n.) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

Audacious

(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

avowed

(adj., part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

Awry

(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped

Belated

(adj.) late, tardy

blase

(adj.) indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

capitulate

(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel

Caustic

(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic

crucial

(adj.) of supreme importance, decisive, critical

Cryptic

(adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Defect

(n.) an imperfection, flaw, or blemish of some kind; (v.) to desert a cause or organization

Detriment

(n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

Dire

Dreadful causing fear or suffering, warning of trouble to come, demanding immediate action to avoid disaster.

Discordant

(adj.) disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conflicting

Divergent

(adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant

Encroach

(v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

Endow

(v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

Engross

(v.) to occupy the complete attention, absorb fully

Ensue

(v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result

Estrange

(v.) to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance

Facetious

(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously

Falter

(v.) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline

Flaunt

(v.) to wave or flutter showily; to display in a conceited, offensive way

Foreboding

(n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous

Forthright

(adj.) frank, direct, straightforward

Frivolous

(adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

Gallantry

(n.) heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy

Gaunt

(adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

Haughty

arrogantly superior and disdainful

hover

(v.) to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth uncertainly over or around

Impending

(adj., part.) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way

incapacitate

(v.) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible

indiscriminate

(adj.) without restraint or control; unselective

Invalidate

(v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect

Judicious

(adj.) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible

Laggard

(n.) a person who moves slowly or falls behind; (adj.) falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond

Levity

(n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight

Mendicant

(n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living

Menial

(adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

Muster

(v.) to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; (n.) a list of men for military service; a gathering, accumulation

Myriad

(adj.) in very great numbers; (n.) a very great number

naive

(adj.) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience

Ostracize

(v.) to exclude from a group, banish, send away

Percepitable

(adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

perspective

(n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

Pithy

brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

pivotal

(adj.) vitally important, essential

Plausible

(adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair

Predominant

(adj.) the greatest in strength or power; most common

Prodigious

(adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

Purge

(v.) to wash away impurities, clean up; (n.) the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively

Qualm

(n.) a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

Rational

based on or in accordance with reason or logic

Revelvant

(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand

Revert

to return, go back

Scapegoat

(n.) a person or thing carrying the blame for others

Staid

(adj.) serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

Sustain

(v.) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of

Tedious

too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous.

Trepidation

(n.) fear, fright, trembling

Ungainly

(adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

Veritable

(adj.) actual, true, real

Wallow

(v.) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (n.) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse

Waver

(v.) to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision

Willful

(adj.) stubbornly self

Wrangle

(v.) to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way; to obtain by argument; to herd; (n.) a noisy quarrel